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Reiterating a long-held place, BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla on Monday mentioned a call on whether or not the nationwide cricket crew will journey to Pakistan for subsequent yr’s ICC Champions Trophy will rely on authorities approval. Pakistan are scheduled to host the celebrated ODI match from February 19 to March 9. “No resolution has been taken (but). However our coverage is that for worldwide excursions, we all the time search the permission of the federal government. It is as much as the federal government to resolve whether or not our crew ought to go to any nation or our crew mustn’t go to any nation,” Shukla instructed reporters.
“On this case (additionally), no matter the federal government will resolve, we are going to abide by that,” he added.
Shukla was speaking to the media on the sidelines of the continued second Check between India and Bangladesh right here.
India and Pakistan solely play one another in ICC occasions. India haven’t travelled to Pakistan for bilateral cricket since 2008 following the Mumbai terror assaults during which over 150 folks have been killed.
Pakistan have been in India for the ODI World Cup final yr after a spot of seven years. It’s being speculated that India won’t journey to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy.
The BCCI could request the ICC to tug the match out of Pakistan and organise it both in Sri Lanka or Dubai.
The newest version of the Asia Cup was performed as per a hybrid mannequin permitting India to play all their matches in Sri Lanka. Consequently, the island nation hosted 9 video games whereas Pakistan hosted the remaining 4 matches.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is averse to the concept of taking the match out of their nation.
Not too long ago, Pakistan all-rounder Hasal Ali had additionally mentioned that if India don’t journey to Pakistan, the match ought to go forward with out their Asian neighbours. The ICC, on its half, has maintained that it could not drive a member board to go in opposition to authorities coverage.
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